My Toddler Loves Planes, So I Built Her a Radar

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  1. plane-tracker

    > Just a few weeks ago I got interested in this as well ("where does FR24 get its data from?"). I ended up buying a cheap RTL-SDR dongle (R820T2) and a small outdoor antenna. I run the free dump1090 tool (I'm on Fedora) to decode ADS-B messages, then my own simple "radar-like" visualization program ([1]) connects to dump1090's network socket to receive decoded data (SBS1 textual format). Even with the antenna just sitting in my room (on a photo tripod), I typically receive data from 10-20 aircraft, up to 190 km away. I drove to a hilltop this weekend (some 600 m higher) and immediately got >100 aircraft, up to 500 km.

    > [1] https://github.com/GreatAttractor/plane-tracker

    I see your use of rust, and I have to mention I have a Rust ADS-B decoder and TUI radar application myself: github.com/rsadsb/adsb_deku/

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  3. tar1090

    Provides an improved webinterface for use with ADS-B decoders readsb / dump1090-fa

    This is cool in concept, but FlightRadar24 has a built-in Augmented Reality feature that works really well.

    https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/show-us-your-best-augment...

    Also, if I were to build my own local copy, I'd use an RTLSDR to get the ADSB packets direct and base my app on tar1090. https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090

  4. DroneAid

    Aerial scout for first responders. DroneAid uses machine learning to detect calls for help on the ground placed by those in need.

  5. adsb2mqtt

    Process ADS-B messages from dump1090 and build up full flight details from multiple messages; track flights within threshold in nautical miles; publish tracked flights to MQTT.

  6. stardroid

    Sky Map (formerly Google Sky Map, open sourced in 2012)

    > All the UIs we have for sky-watching now have moved away from that

    Check out [SkyMap](https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid)!

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